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The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-03-24
UIsW4NAGEWENT

The trouble with Kansas mails is ex-
planned in a few words by Mr. Isbel,
superintendent of the railway mail
service nj Kansas City, who talks as
follows:
1.-The trouble is. in short, that the
employees are all Overworked and can
not possibly do the work expected of
them. This office, for instance, has the
same force that it had six years ago. /
work sixteen hours a day and then can
not get through. l have 1876 men and
I, 200 miles of road to look after and
have only one clerk in the office. Near
ly every mailing clerk that goes out of
here is overworked. Take the Santa Fe
service as an example. Every Santa
tons of mail. All this mail has to be
sorted and distributed en- route, and it
is utterly impossible with the present
facilities to get the work done. Every
day mail is carried by and taken to the
rear end of the route, and thrown OF
on the return trip. This is not alone
the case on the Santa Fe. The same
condition of things exists to a greater
or less extent on all the Kansas
routes"
''Whose fault is it that more ample
facilities are not provided?"
"NO ones in particular. The matter
can only be improved by order of the
postmaster general upon recommends
ton of the chief of the railway mail
service. have written several times
for an increase in the force of clerks
and an enlargement of the cars. The
matter was taken under consideration
and suppose is still being consid-
cred -
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MARCH 22.-Everyb body seems TO be
eKemely busy. There ara more plows
IN the field than In any previous year.
Geo. W. Cowden has moved out onto
the L.oydston farm.
N. Ewdsley has moved onto section
81 Nv. II. Douglass ranch south Of
town..
DR.. A. n. Edison is home from the
west for short stay.
Dr.. j. F. Morrison, an experienced
physician Of six years. practice, i've
years Of which he was associated with
one Of the leading physicians Of Green
castle, Indiana, has located here. DR..
Morrison Is q graduate OF De PAW
University class of IA, and also grad
uate of the University of the City of
New York medical department class
o9 81.
Reading will probably cast more
votes for the bonds than was expected
three weeks ago. but Friday night viii
Geo. w. Connell and family, also
Lloyd Best and wife, went to Califor-
mia last week to make their fortune.
The Rev. j. +. Palmer left for his
new field of labor, Coffeyvilie, Kansas,
last week, and Rev. o. D. Hoitz, the
new pastor, has arrived and preached
an excellent sermon last Sunday fore
noon.
Kansas City last week. Mr.. Jones
goes into the commission business at
the stock yards, with his SON, Mr.. D.
| L. Jones.
W. n. Douglass has bought another
| 81 900 horse.
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cHALL1ss MARTIN.
WHO VIII Be BENEFTTTED.

While Emporia will probably be COM
PEELED to pay about One-third of the
taxes and Indebtedness imposed by the
bonds to be voted on Friday next, the
county, and not Emporia, will derive
the major part of the benefit of the
taxes on the capital invested in the
roads
Railroad taxes are assess ed at SC
much per mile, and, while the roads
must pay county taxes, they also pay
school and other taxes. But as the
city viii practically contain but mile
or two at most of the new roads, she
will not have as much of a slice from
the taxable benefits as some school dis
tricts outside of the corporation.
Yet the citizens of Emporia are al
most, if not quite, unit in favor OF
both bond propositions, well knowing
that the increase in population and
valuation Of property will more than
pay them for expense incurred.
Vote for the bonds.
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Granaoss sale Of she season

Having retired from business by sell
ing and renting my farms to my sons,
1 hereby offer at public auction, with
out reserve, at my farm, one mile east
Of Americas, on
TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1887,
commencing at 10 O'Clock q. m. sharp,
all my live stock, farming implements
and part of household furniture, con-
sisting OF the following property, to-
wit:
FIFTEEN HEAD OF FINE HORSES
az follows: / seyen-yesr-old brood
mare, half Norman; six-year-old brood
mare; three-year-old brood mare, half
Norman; four-ycar-old brood mare;
seven-year-old brood mare, half Ham,
bletonian, with fine bleoded colt by her
side; five-year-old horse; fine seven
year-oId team of work horses, half
Norman. weight, $500, .eight-ysar-old
brood mare; eight-yaar-old work horse;
five-yeaE-old horsesgood work and cat
tie horse, eightSye&-old, The above
animals ara all well broke to work,
single or double. Two colts, two-year-
old; extra fine, mostly Norman, colt,
one-year-old.
sEvENTY-TwO HEAD OF CATTLE,
consisting of No. milk COWS, will
soon have calves by their sides; 9 three
year-oTd fat steers; IL three-year-old
steers; 81 two-year-old steers; 2 one
year-old steers; three-year-old heif-
ers: 4 one-year-old heifers.
Fifty bushels Of good seed corn; II
bushels of millet seed; about $50 BUSH
els of oats, 200 bushels of corn, 50
shocks of corn fodder and Is tons OF
good prairie hay. Three lumber wag-
ons, two with racks and beds; low
wheeled feed wagon, spring wagon,
one-horse buggy and harness, hay-rake,
Ames' hay gatherery Buckeye mower,
Wood mower, wheat drill, tanning
mill, harrow, Barlow corn plant
er, with Hayworth eheck-rower;
sulky plow; breaking pillow; riding
cultiyator; three walking cultiya-
tors; stalk cutter; improved corn lister;
corn shelter; Boss sickle grinder; 2 sets
double harness; saddle; book case, pat
emit churn; clothes wringer; kitchen
safe; cook stove; bedsteads; sofa, and
many other articles too numerous TO
mention.
TER1ls-An sums under $40, cash;
go and over q credit Of twelve months
at 10 per cent interest win be given.
good b&nkable paper required; Per
cent on Tor cash; no property to be ~
moved until settled for.
FREE LUNCH SERVED.
JACOB BA1EzsBzRcKk.
L = PRryg Er,1s;nssaar
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steps had been taken, = Church
was organized consisting Of twenty
members; Of these, three were received
on profession OF their faith and SEVEN
teen by letters from other Churches to
which they had formerly belonged.
Judge Otis D. Swan and Fred Cfaise
were elected Elders. As Judge Swan
had been an Elder In other Churches he
did not need to be ordained but he was
simply installed as an Elder in this new
Church but Fred Craise was both or
dained and installed as an Elder.
After the organization was thus ef-
fected the Lords Supper was admins
tered with accompanying services.
While all who have been connected
with the Sabbath school and preaching
services already described, deserve
great credit for their jealous co-opera-
ton in securing the present success 1t
is due to justice to say that this sue
cess, and the present encouraging
are largely due to the judicious man
agement and Jealous exertions of the
Rev. j. B. II. Janeway.
In addition to his personal services as
Superintendent of the Sabbath school,
his preaching alternately with Dr..
CEuikshank on Sabbath evenings, and
his visiting from house to house in the
interest of the Sabbath school and the
prospective church, lie secured a few
hundred dollars from personal friends
to start the fund for building the
church; and he is now in the east to
obtain something more from his per-
sonal friends to erect suit
able building for the church
whose organization he has secured by
his earnest efforts, and the cooperation
of the persons who are now connected
with it.
1t is hoped that all who feel an in.
terest in this mission church, and who
appreciate the lasting benefit it viii
confer upon that portion of our rap
idly growing city, will lend helping
hand to push on to speedy completion
a suitable building for church 50
auspiciously begun and so full of prom.
Use. r. G.
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ORRAP FRRIGHIs.

The three new lines of railway
through Lyon county will give, at least,
eight or ten new depOts outside of the
city Of Emporia. Most of these new
depots will be where none have hereto
fore existed and where they have a
field for building up the county. When
the roads are completed, which must
be done within a year, there will be
few farmers who can not strike ship
ping station within a very few miles of
his home, and most of them will have
the advantage of competing rates with
out even coming to Emporia, because
they will be enabled to patrOnize the
road that will give them the best
rafaS
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\ man who is working to secure a
small piece of property, substitutes a
new and distinct ambition for re L Ote
and vague one. Day dreams about
large estates and princely incomes may
be very amusing, but they are not half
so profitable as the vision of d lot 50X100,
with a snug little dwelling house upon
it. With this before him, man will
rise early and late, turning his hand
cheerfully to any and every kind of work.
He will have motive for rigorous
economy which will make it a pleas ure.
He will have visions of the last pay
ment before him as a perpetual motive
to moderation in passions, enconomy in
expenses, abstinence from expensive
pleasures and from expensive cOmpan-
ions. Thus it will come to pass that a
judicious debt incurred at the begin
ming of "a journeyman laborer's career
will become his good genius, watching
over him, melting him to all industry
and to self government. Every laboring
man ought to own his own home. The
first duty of the workingman should be
to convert his earnings into real estate.
Henry Ward Beecher.
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normal Regents.

The regents of the State Normal
school met Monday in the parlor of the
Hotel Coolidge to discuss business rel
alive to the running of the institution,
among which will be making con-
tracts, ETC., for the building of the west
wing this summer as provided for by
the S25, 600 appropriation bill passed
this winter by the state legislature. The
board will probably be in session five
days, as there is great deal of business
to transact. All of the members were
present at the meeting this afternoon.
The board consists of VIM. Rice, presi-
dent; J. II. Franklin, vice president;
H. D. Dickson, secretary; NJ. Stewart,
treasurer: w. H. Caldwell and E. w.
Warner.
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IN "A letter to an inquiring friend
and which was written almost two
years ago, the great Brooklyn preacher
thus briefly defined his creed:
BROOKLYN, June Is, lSS5.-Dear Sirs
! thank you for your friendly solicic
tude. / am sure that in the end you
will not be disappointed, though on
some points you may not agree with
me. The foundation doctrines, as l
hold them, are personal God. Crea-
tor and Ruler over all things; the hui
man family, universally sinful; the
need and possibility and facts
of conversion; the Divine agency
in such a work; Jesus Christ.
the manifestation of God in hui
man conditions; His Office in re-
demption supreme. | do not be-
lieve in the Calvinistic form of stating
the atonement. l do believe in the fail
of the human race in Adam, and OF
course do not hold that Christ's work
was to satisfy the law broken by Adam
for all his posterity. The race was not
lost, but has been ascending steadily
from creation. l am in hearty accord
with reviyals and revival preachers,
with the educating forces of the church
and in sympathy with all ministers,
who in their several ways seek to build
up men into the image of Jesus Christ,
by Whose faithfulnesS, generosity and
love / hope to be saved and brought
home to heaven. With cordial regards
am truly yours,
HENRY WARD BEECHER.
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OF INTEREST no THE LADIES

OE AN bAeACA \ " \ AAA A%<AC4A4AJs
We clip the following from the Leav-
enworth Times, as it may be of inter
est to many of our readers, especially
the ladies who have lately registered
and taken on themselves the duties of
citizenship:
In response to the most urgent app
peals from Atchison ladies Mrs. Helen
NJ. Gouger stole away from Leaven-
worth on last Friday and visited that
city, speaking three times that day in
different parts of the city. The wo-
men have met with many hindrances
in registering. The press is against
them, or treating them with indiffer-
ence, the pulpit is largely inactive, or
opposed, and the city officers unaccom-
modating, and some very insulting, so
that the more timid did not venture to
register. The evening Patriot, the
Democratic paper, published an article
the evening that Mrs. G.. spoke, show
ing that Mrs. Governor Martin had not
registered and concluded that she
was too much of LADY, to do so.
Mrs. G.. read the article in the course
of her remarks and commented upon
it. Mrs. Martin was one of her hear
ers. After the lecture she asked an
introduction to Mrs. e., and Il very
plCtaosfuO CO1lN cISdltOu IOOk place.. MIS-.
NJ. said she had never been an advo-
cate of woman suffrage, although she
believed that it was a privilege that nc
man had any right to deny; her hest
| fancy in espousing it was because of
the great responsibility that the ballot
placed upon women. Mrs. NJ. stated
that her husband was opposed to WON
an suffrage, and had il not been fol
her appealto him he would have vetoed
the measure. Mrs. Cougar was deeply
impressed with the earneStness and
consciensciousness of Mrs. Martin and
before parting requested the lady Il
| give the matter her most careful
| thought and inform her of her actor
if she concluded TO register. The fol
| ATCHISoN, Kansas. March IS, 1851
Dear Mrs. Cougar: At your request
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4 HAPPY NAN.

The man who owns farm in Lyon
county few years from Friday next,
after the bonds have carried, will be
classed among the most fortunate of
individuals, so far as wealth adds to
happiness, as he will undoubtedly be
the owner of very valuable piece of
property. EmpOria will quadruple her
present population within five years,
and every corner of the county will be
benefited, not only by her increase,
but by the natural increase of popula-
ton throughout its area, which, of
itself, will enhance the value of all
lands within her borders.
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RDwARDs-REYNOLDs.

Mr.. E. j. Edwards and Miss Minnie
Reynolds were married last Tuesday at
the residence of the brides parents,
4l4 Union street, Rev. Hendy oficia-
ting, and in the presence of only the
relatives and q few of the near friends.
Mrs. Edwards has been well known
to many Of our readers, having been
long a resident of this city, where her
circle of friends has only been limited
by the number of her acquainces, her
beaties of person and winning ways
warmly attracting all who were fortu-
nate enough to know her.
Mr.. Edwards is also well known in
our midst, having for some time held a
position of responsibility and trust in
one of our city banks. At present he is
stenographer for Lewis Kingman, Esq,
second vice president of the A, T. s. s.
F. system, with headquarters at the
general offices at Topeka.
The bridal presents were many and
valuable, both from friends in the city
and abroad. Among them were some
beautiful orange blossoms and other
flowers sent all the way from Florida
by friend of the bride.
The happy couple took the midnight
train for Topeka, where they intend to
reside in the future. -
THE NEWS joins their many friends
in congratulations and best wishes foI
future happiness and prosperity.
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A Close Cali.

On Saturday Robt. Grifiths had 9
narrow escape from drowning in the
Missouri river. He had been working
on the new bridge at Kansas City in L.
w. Lewis gang. By some mischance
he fell from the bridge, broke through
the frozen surface of the river. and
was swept down stream under the ice
When he rose to the surface again his
head broke through the thin ice.
The third time he rose near some
bushes, which he grasped and dragged
himself out of the river, none the worse
for his cold bath.
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SOME papers that are published in
boomless cities take great comfort in
publishing such items as, 1.-THE bottom
has dropped out of the Emporia boom, :"
or ''The Wichita boom is about played
out" Let the editors of these papers
visit either of the places mentioned
and we guarantee they will see such a
rustling as will make their eyes open
TO their widest capacity. True Kansas
papers do not indulge in such non
sense
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AMERIcUs, Kansas, March q, 1887
j. d. Gibson has fixed up a very
snowy display window at his dry goods
store.
e. Moorehead has ordered the iron
for his new building which will be built
on Main street.
The weather was not very conduc-
i've to the growth of garden and field
crops yesterday and to-day.
J.. w. Sutton sports new sign.
w. III. Clark the assessor, is again on
the warpath, finding out your individ-
ual wealth.
Local politics are being talked up, as
| the election for city officers takes place
in the near future. Railroad talk is
also a prevalent ailment among the cit
| liens.
Turn out to the bond election on Fri
day and help along the railroad boom
by voting the bonds. a telegram to W.
FL. Anderson positively locates the sur
veyors at the town of CentropoliS.
BCRLOW
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THE oleomargarine law will have to
be amended. Much of the compound
seized and subjected to examination is
found to be rancid and almost poison
GUS butter ''doctored" by the use of
very dangerous chemicals. Ifsthe pub
nc are not to be protected against the
crime of putting this stuff on the mar
ket, there is danger of genuine run
ON oleomargarine, which is generally
admitted to be ut any rate moderately
wholesome
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oDR. Sewers says Cleveland is a
plodder and that his brain is .conse-
quently filed with blood" This is I'M
fortunate, not only for Cleveland, bu
for our needy pensioners and the coun
try generally. y man with more brain
and with the blood running through
his heart instead of his brain so that
the former may not become so cold, is
what the country needs in the presi-
Dental chair. We hope, nevertheless,
that this man with the coagulated
brain may survive his term of Office, as
we want to see no more experiments
made with democratic timber for pres
ident
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March 18th, 1857.

The Emporia Odd Fellows are pre-
pairing to have big time on April 18th,
the anniversary of the organization of
the order in America. All other lodges
in the county and in our immediate
vicinity, including those at Madison,
Council Grove, Cottonwood Falls and
others have been invited, and large
delegations VII probably be present.
Further particulars VIII be given here
after. A parade in the evening win
take placs, to be followed by a soctabIe
or other entertainments.
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write to inform you that am 3 regu-
larry qualified voter, having register
this morning. have done it from q
sense of duty, and hope shall have no
reason to regret It. About fifteen had
registered before me, this morning.
/ suppose, according to the Patriot,
have fallen from the ranks of ladies -
into those of the women" but / am
satisfied to be classed as true woman.
Yours truly,
IDA CHALLIss MARTIN.
The Times Is pleased to note the ac-
ton, and the strong words of the wife
Of the governor. The action OF this
womanly woman will make her many
warm friends among the Kansas Wo-
men. In view, also, of the fact that
the democratic press has used the nom
action of Mrs. Martin to bolster up its
opposition to woman suffrage, We are
dOubly glad of her prompt action.
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Fen8IOnB lot AbuB0u1-
Pensions have been recently allow

Pensions have been recently allowed
to Kansas applicants as follows:
Pensions allowed-Minorso of Joseph
Spence, Huntsville; Sally W., mother
of Henry s. Rice, Vosburg; minor OF
John ID. Abbey, Wathena; John p. Nc
Donald, Holton; Calvin L. Reed, Her
rington; Leon Derusha, Winfield.
Increase-Albert Wells, Ellsworth
City; George w. Congleton, Mankato;
John Crook, Little River; Joel D. Fow-
Ter, Ell Dorado; John A. Ham.
ilton, Elmdale; Elisha d. Wash
burn, Jetmore, Hezekiah w
Leavenworth; Robb NJ. Jones, CreStline;
Andrew Mccormick, Cherryvale; Rich
ard Taylor, FL Dorado.
Reissues Mulliken, Colum-
bus; Richard j. Owen, Virgil; Harvey
4. COSa, WaterVille.
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Weddine ReeanfIon-

Friday evening 40 friends gathered
at the Ernst residence, near Ameri-
Gus, to welcomed William Ernst and
bride from. Ohio and Illinois. Re
treatments were served and many cost
~ mementoes sRese given the happy
couple. All present entered heartily
into making things pleasant and an en-.
ioyable time was had.
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Kansas Tree. for Kansas PeopIe

A choice lot of the finest fruit trees
ever offered in Emporia, from the OF
tawa nursery, and other stock, now for
sale at my grounds on south Constita-
ton street. Shades trees, grape vines,
small fruits, shrubs. etc. etc.
10000 greenhouse and bedding plants
millions of cabbage, tomato and sweet
potato plants. Come and see them.
Prices low. ROBERT MILLIKEN.
The greatest enemy TO mans happi-
ness and success is sickness, more es-
pecially.those lingering. wasting dis
eases which sap the vital energies of
man, ciouding his life and incapacita-
ting him for business. Those afflicted
with such diseases viii do well to call
ON DR.. Lyon at the Hotel Coolidge.
His long and successful medical prae-
tice IN dealing with all manner of
chronic and lingering diseases has
placed him far in advance of the old
line medical practitioners. His NOTICE
is success, and his name is the tails
men which has given hope to thous-
ands of sick and dying in our land. Call
on him at the Hotel Coolidge. Consul
tation free.
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THE Patriarchs of the Grand En-
campment of Odd Fellows of this state
have adopted Kansas emblem. a
life-sized grasshopper is linked to a
pendant sunaower, whose face, or dial,
bears the emblems of the order inlaid
in enamel, the Kansas grasshopper and
the sunhower thus being bound togeth-
Ell by the three links OF Odd Fellow
ship
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FoR SALE-The best situated and
we'll improved place in the city of
Americas. The house contains six
rooms, well finished; good orchard,
sixty-fve bearing apple trees; on Main
street, centrally located. Price, 81, 600.
Also q nearly new three room house
with wells, stable, trees, ETC., with four
lots, good location. Inquire of j. B.
Miller.
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English SPAWN Linament removes
all hard, soft or calloused Jumps and
blemishes from horses, blood SPAWN,
curbs, splints, sweeney, STILES, sprains,
sore and swollen throat, coughs, etc.
Save $50 by use of one bottle. Every
bottle warranted by Lewis & McCand-
less. druggists. Emporia.
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REGIONAL.

WI. Brogan of; Hartford spent Sun
day in this city guest of his brother, F.
A. Brogan.
Miss Lille Swim, who has been Wis
iting Mrs. A. Boorey OF West street,
returned to her home in Americas
Tuesday.
Frank Wiser has just completed the
purchase of a complete set of furniture
for his new home, in preparation for
the coming event which is to make him
benedict.